Opera Buffa Movies
- 2016
Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann
Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann02016HD
This adaptation of three tales by E.T.A. Hoffmann, with a sprinkling of Goethe’s Faust, portrays the German poet as both narrator and hero recounting...
- 2014
The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro
The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro02014HD
Richard Eyre’s elegant production, which opened the Met’s 2014–15 season, sets the action of Mozart’s timeless social comedy in a manor house in 1930s...
- 2002
Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Opernhaus Zurich)
Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Opernhaus Zurich)02002HD
When a wealthy Turkish aristocrat arrives in a humble Italian town, the married women roll their eyes in delight, their rival lovers lose out, and the...
- 2016
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia02016HD
The composer's opera buffa transcends the spirit of Beaumarchais’ comedy and combines the absurd with a touch of satirical realism in a score where rh...
- 2019
Chabrier: The Star
Chabrier: The Star02019HD
L’Étoile did much to establish Chabrier as a major force on the Parisian stage and his contemporary Henri Duparc praised him specifically for creating...